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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ The reason (some) people are up in arms is because the right wing has randomly, arbitrarily and capriciously taken it up as the latest whipping boy, presuming to paint "Arnie" and by extension Obama with some notion of horrific disaster just because it's a change "on his watch" - yet the reality of it is that this was not a FEDERAL initiative.  It was a STATE initiative.  The feds made some money available to support schools while they tried to switch, but beyond that it was never the feds dictating content, orchestrating some grand design or anything else.  But that's what deranged, paranoid conservatives do these days - they see black helicopters and death panels lurking behind every corner.  Nice try, but no cigar - and the sane and rational among us are just rolling our eyes at your hysteria.[/quote]

I didn't read the whole thread, but I want to note that I am not thrilled with Common Core, and I am not a right-wing crazy looking to bash Obama.

I don't like standardized education, but I do think Common Core will help the kids on the bottom. For the smarter kids, it holds them back, as do all the standardized curriculums I have encountered.

My child is very unhappy with Common Core because of the emphasis on writing. Our school implemented it in 4th grade, and my son had not done much writing before then (bad school!), so the huge writing requirements of CC have been daunting to him.

They probably should have rolled it out, starting with K, but that's not how schools do things! Not our school.

Long term, it won't matter for my kid, since he's smart and will figure it out. I think CC is better than what preceded it, but as always with any one-size-fits-all education there are problems. If only we could go back to the age of 1:1 tutoring! Education tailored to the needs of the individual child! [/quote]

How is it bad for your kid to learn how to write?  Seems like a fairly basic skill that most kids should be learning in elementary school.[/quote]

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